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Compounding Pharmacy Services

The Market Drugs Medical pharmacy is proud to be a member of the Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA). A Professional compounding Pharmacist prepares customized prescription medications to meet individual patient needs. With our advanced technology and comprehensive inventory of chemicals and formulas, Market Drugs Medical pharmacists can compound many medications including topical creams, lozenges, veterinary medications and impotence injections. We are also able to prepare combinations of medications as well as discontinued medications like Antivert. Market Drugs Medical also carries hard to find medications such as Caverject, Interferon Fragmin and methadone. At Market Drugs Medical we use a Microsphere Class 10 Clean Micro environment for all sterile preparations.

The knowledgeable Market Drugs Medical pharmacists are also experienced in home care and palliative services. We offer daily pre-filling of morphine and palliative medications, weekly pre-filling of insulin syringes and monthly pre-filling of methotrexate syringes. We also offer daily, weekly or monthly preparation of compliance packaging.

Market Drugs Medical pharmacists do not only dispense drugs but also offer patient consultation services in order to ensure your medication is working as expected. Our pharmacist offer counseling in English, Polish, Cantonese and Ukrainian.

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Palliative Care Pharmacy

Market Drugs Medical has a unique variety of products and services for palliative patients; the most important service being care. Palliative patients are in highly emotional times and the pharmacists and staff at Market Drugs Medical are very tuned to the social as well as product needs of the patients. Anybody can provide a product or service, but special care and concern needed by the palliative client.

Market Drugs Medical’s compounding pharmacists have over 60 combined years of pharmacy practice experience. Market Drugs Medical is a member of the Professional Compounding Centres of America (PCCA) and compounding pharmacist Ron Marcinkoski was one of the key pharmacists providing palliative services to the Regional Palliative Unit in its formative years. Together with Pharmacy Manager James Wu, Pharmacist Marie Muszynski and our team of technicians and medical product specialists, Market Drugs Medical is focused on quality in life.

Market Drugs Medical sells 2/3-1/3 normal saline and the full range of specialized injections and importantly, we also have the ability to bill all of the various insurance plans as well as Alberta Aids to Daily Living for syringes and other supplies.

We rent or sell IV pumps for delivering Dilaudid or other medications. We will discuss dosing and therapy, we will deliver the pump and we will program and prime it if needed. We have one key system, the latest and safest pump, Gemstar, but we will work with the team to use whatever system is the best for the patient. We also still use the Edmonton Injector and pre-filled syringes.

We can pre-fill syringes and deliver them on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Market Drugs Medical
employs a class 10 Micropshere for the preparation of sterile products.

If there is anything you need, be it information, resources, products or services phone Market Drugs Medical toll free from anywhere in Canada at 1800 282 3913.